UP! combines the passion of founders Iain Patton and Melissa Mills.
We are based in the UK, but we love Africa, its spell-binding landscape, fascinating wildlife and inspirational people and get there when we can.

Having worked and travelled in East Africa, we have seen first-hand the dependency and confidence-sapping effect of dependency on charity and aid.
Today, we see in Uganda more and more educated young people with huge potential, but who are struggling to get an opportunity to start their business and community development dreams. In short, we believe that investment hand-ups are more effective than charitable hand-outs.